Would this be considered stealing?

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I am a great lover of religious iconography and wanted to have some icons of my guardian angel and the archangel Raphael but the prices were too high for me to purchase them. What I did instead was print out the smaller images of the icons from the website that was selling them.

Would this be considered stealing? I am only using the printed images for my own personal use on my prayer shrine. I am going to ask my priest of course if this constitutes stealing but wondered what was everyone else’s personal opinion on this.

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No it isn’t stealing. Images you find online are freely useable for prints and such for personal use. I’ve never seen an exception to this.
 
If I took a picture of the Grand Canyon would I be stealing it. No. If I took a Picture of you would I be Kidnapping you. No. That being said If I go into a theater and record a movie am I stealing it . Yes. In your case it would be stealing if: 1) You are profiting monetarily by printing the image somehow. and 2) You are causing the company to lose profit monetarily by printing the image somehow. I’m guessing that you are not stealing.
 
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I am a great lover of religious iconography and wanted to have some icons of my guardian angel and the archangel Raphael but the prices were too high for me to purchase them. What I did instead was print out the smaller images of the icons from the website that was selling them.

Would this be considered stealing? I am only using the printed images for my own personal use on my prayer shrine. I am going to ask my priest of course if this constitutes stealing but wondered what was everyone else’s personal opinion on this.

God bless
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of course not…👍
 
Thank you all for your responses. I had made my confession the previous day but didn´t think to ask my priest this question when I had the opportunity. I want to make sure I am in the clear before I go to mass and receive communion.

Thanks again and God bless you all…I am off to mass!!! 😃
 
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